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MusicWeb International Double Review for Kansas City Saint-Saëns
MusicWeb International offers a double-review for our new recording of Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ” by Jan Kraybill and the Kansas City Symphony: “The recording captures the ravishing timbres of the instruments very well indeed; there’s real personality to the playing of both soloists…Always tasteful, Jan Kraybill certainly adds majesty to the mix as the finale hoves into view…while the bass drum and cymbals are superbly rendered…The closing pages are grand and glorious, the noble…
Kansas City Symphony: Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ” Now Available!
We are pleased to announce a new release from The Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern: Saint-Saëns Smphony No. 3 “Organ” The Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern Jan Kraybill, organist Noah Geller, violin Mark Gibbs, cello Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 28 La muse et le poète for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra, op. 132 A Superb New Orchestral Release Buy Today Composed at…
Kansas City Symphony’s “Gutsy” Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Pictures on Silence blogger Don Clark has a new review for next week’s (6/12/15) Kansas City Symphony Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording: “In addition to being uniformly excellent, the Kansas City Symphony can also be called ‘gutsy’. …This disc from Reference Recordings is a blend of the familiar and rare: an all Saint-Saëns disc featuring the less known “La Muse et le Poete”, op 132 for Violin, Cello and Orchestra combined with the popular…
Kansas Public Radio Previews New Kansas City Symphony CD
Want to hear a preview of The Kansas City Symphony’s new Saint Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” recording? Tune into Kansas Public Radio this morning around 10am Central (US) time! Click to listen We are proud to present conductor Michael Stern’s interpretations of these great works, captured in brilliant HDCD sound by GRAMMY® award winners Keith O. Johnson (engineer) and David Frost (producer). The Symphony has released four previous titles with Reference Recordings to great…
Organ Polychrome and Miraculous Metamorphoses Named Best of 2014
Kansas City critic, Don Clark, released a “Bakers Dozen” of “Best Recordings of 2014” on Pictures on Silence, and featured two of our Kansas City-based recordings: Organ Polychrome “A hallmark of a great concert hall is a great organ. Not used every day, but when a work requires an organ it is nice to have one around. The Casavant here is a fine “symphonic” organ and blends well with the orchestra. As a solo it…
The Kansas City Symphony Performs at the 2014 World Series
Here’s a look at the Kansas City Symphony’s World Series performance last night: Reference Recordings Kansas City Symphony Recordings:
Kansas City Symphony to Perform at the World Series!
Reference Recordings might be Giants fans, but with the announcement of RR artists Michael Stern & the Kansas City Symphony being invited to perform the Star Spangled Banner for Game Six, we’re happy the series is heading back to Kansas City tonight. Read about the symphony’s journey to the MLB World Series in the Kansas City Star! Reference Recordings Kansas City Symphony Recordings:
CultureSpot LA Reviews Miraculous Metamorphoses
New review from Culture Spot LA’s Henry Schlinger for the Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses recording: “A recent CD on Reference Recordings featuring the Kansas City Symphony (KCS) conducted by Music Director Michael Stern shows they may be vying for a place among the best American orchestras. … Reference Recordings prides itself on producing high-quality live-performance experiences, and this disc is no exception. As with their other recordings, the music on this HDCD jumps out…
ClassicalEar Reviews Miraculous Metamorphoses
The ClassicalEar iPhone Review App has a new review for The Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses! “Mouth-watering and terrific music in good performances…The Kansas City Symphony plays with excellence and dedication, and Michael Stern solicits well-judged pacing and detailing…Worth considering” Read the full review on the ClassicalEar App Order Today!
Pre-Order September Releases Today!
Coming in less than one month from today — Organ Polychrome: The French School featuring organist Jan Kraybill, and the Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses on SACD! Click the cover art to pre-order on Amazon today!
MusicWeb International Says Miraculous Metamorphoses is “Well Worth Hearing”
MusicWeb International‘s John Quinn has a new review for the Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses recording: “Stern has selected a challenging and exciting programme.… Stern and his players put the music across with dash and no little brilliance. This [Hindemith] score has been a favourite of mine ever since I first encountered it through Abbado’s Decca recording over forty years ago. I enjoyed this Kansas performance very much. … There’s much to admire in the…
Gramophone Reviews Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses
Gramophone Magazine’s July Issue of “Sounds of America” features the Kansas City Symphony and their latest release, Miraculous Metamorphoses: “The Kansas City Symphony have been on a roll with Michael Stern…[Miraculous Metamorphoses] are works that provide conductor and musicians with a spectrum of atmospheres and colours into which they can sink their respective teeth. Stern and his orchestra do so to captivating effect, without resorting to sonic exaggeration. … Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of…
The Arts Desk Reviews Miraculous Metamorphoses
The Arts Desk‘s Graham Rickson has a new rave for Kansas City Symphony’s Miraculous Metamorphoses recording: “If you’re not familiar with the [Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber] piece, start here. … Michael Stern’s Kansas City Symphony performance shows what can be achieved when a band on inspired form makes the effort to play what’s actually written. …It sparkles, abounding in oft-hidden detail. … And I’ve never enjoyed the chirping winds which…
Classical Ear Reviews Elgar/Vaughan William SACD
The Classical Ear iPhone Review App has a new review for our Kansas City Symphony Elgar and Vaughan Williams SACD! “The Wasps makes a dashing curtain-raiser – and what a treat to hear the other irresistible numbers in Vaughan Williams’s inimitably titled ‘Aristophanic Suite’. Stern also masterminds a commendably sensitive, scrupulously prepared traversal of Elgar’s vernally fresh masterpiece… the engineering, which is of simply splendiferous, demonstration-worthy realism… Recommended if…you feel like giving your hi-fi components…
Classical Music Sentinel Raves for Miraculous Mandarin
Classical Music Sentinel with an absolute rave for the Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern, and the new Miraculous Metamorphoses recording: “Rarely have I heard the multiple and varied orchestral colours of Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber exposed and exhibited as well as they are in this new recording by the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Michael Stern. … It’s just that in this particular case,…